Black History Month

A short list of some of the best, must reads:

Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Rosa a Caldecott Honor Book
Show Way a Caldecott Honor Book
Harriet Jacobs: A Life by Jean Fagan Yellin
Works by Langston Hughes
Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 Taylor Branch
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
Autobiography of Malcolm X

Maya Angelou's assorted works
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis
Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
In Search of Sisterhood
No Future Without Forgiveness -Desmond Tutu
Coming of Age in Mississippi

Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Black Like Me

Or- search for these at Bookfinder

Some sad California book news:
Wahrenbrock's Book House damaged by arsonist's fire Wahrenbrock's is a booklover's retreat. Local San Diego news states the damage was only on the first floor. (The rare book room is upstairs) mho says the reporters know little about fires and books.